Exclusive: Inside sources provide new info on priest censured for denying lesbian Communion
Exclusive: Inside sources provide new info on priest censured for denying lesbian Communion GAITHERSBURG, MD, March 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews) - In the wake of international press coverage of a priest’s …More
Exclusive: Inside sources provide new info on priest censured for denying lesbian Communion
GAITHERSBURG, MD, March 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews) - In the wake of international press coverage of a priest’s decision to deny a lesbian communion, and the woman’s subsequent demands that he be removed from the parish, a source close to the incident contacted LifeSiteNews with new information that he says will set the record straight.
Among other things, the new information indicates that the woman did actually receive Communion at the Mass – but from an Extraordinary minister rather than the priest.
Fr. Marcel Guarnizo of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was reprimanded by the Archdiocese of Washington this week after denying communion to Johnson at her mother’s funeral. Johnson had informed the priest before the Mass that she was a lesbian, and was denied communion when she presented herself in line.
LifeSiteNews spoke today with Diego von Stauffenberg, a source who is …More
GAITHERSBURG, MD, March 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews) - In the wake of international press coverage of a priest’s decision to deny a lesbian communion, and the woman’s subsequent demands that he be removed from the parish, a source close to the incident contacted LifeSiteNews with new information that he says will set the record straight.
Among other things, the new information indicates that the woman did actually receive Communion at the Mass – but from an Extraordinary minister rather than the priest.
Fr. Marcel Guarnizo of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was reprimanded by the Archdiocese of Washington this week after denying communion to Johnson at her mother’s funeral. Johnson had informed the priest before the Mass that she was a lesbian, and was denied communion when she presented herself in line.
LifeSiteNews spoke today with Diego von Stauffenberg, a source who is …More
Rhemes - Don't get me wrong... I'm all for correcting these things, and publicly. I'm just not for verbal lynching of anyone by the laity. The Church certainly ought to stand up and support the clergy who take a stand to defend Our Eucharistic Lord from profanation by public sinners. There is no question about it.
My only "problem" is that these days people are SO indignant (even if justly), that …More
Rhemes - Don't get me wrong... I'm all for correcting these things, and publicly. I'm just not for verbal lynching of anyone by the laity. The Church certainly ought to stand up and support the clergy who take a stand to defend Our Eucharistic Lord from profanation by public sinners. There is no question about it.
My only "problem" is that these days people are SO indignant (even if justly), that they seem to loose sight of charity. We can clamor (and we should) for the Church to defend Our Lord's honor. But can't we do so without hateful words? Can't we simply say, "the Church ought to do something about this!"? Or better yet, why not send letters to the authorities in question, asking why they are not rather defending Our Lord (hopefully in respectful language, mindful of their office) than condemning those who do defend Him? Remember, the excuse for the authorities "doing nothing" is that they think this is what the people want - political correctness. Yet will they hear otherwise if Catholics are just spewing hatred at them on the internet? It isn't likely. A million respectful letters to the tune of "when are you going to bother about Our Lord's rights?" would probably get farther.
It is supremely tragic that the churchmen today seem to reprimand her priests more than the public sinners, and I am all for the laity crying out for a change in that. But I am for doing everything that we do in a spirit of charity.
I was only making the point that prayer is not "doing nothing". The clergy are also desperately in need of grace in this age of modernism and corruption, but I suspect that that grace will not come from harsh words, either. Nuns and monks are priceless in this world precisely because they are the ones doing the heavy praying and sacrificing in this world. If none of that counted or worked or amounted to anything, what would be the point of their whole lives?
God bless the priests and bishops who do stand up for Him and the truth, political correctness aside. But I am certain that words of prayer (which call down real graces) will beat unkind words in any situation.
Canolli's modernists take it too far, and say "don't say ANYTHING that could be offensive (eg. the truth, because someone will object.) I'm saying, speak the truth loud and clear, even if people are offended by that truth... but always with charity. There is a difference between "this behavior is immoral" (a truth) and "this person is a ****! They should be hung!" One is speaking the truth regardless of feelings. The other is simply uncharitable, and serves no purpose but the venting of anger.
Our age is missing holy love... not the coward's refusal to tell the truth frankly, but the sense that every soul is invaluable, and loved by God, and that our love of Him ought to move us very powerfully to treat every soul with compassion, even when we have to tell the unpleasant truth.
My only "problem" is that these days people are SO indignant (even if justly), that they seem to loose sight of charity. We can clamor (and we should) for the Church to defend Our Lord's honor. But can't we do so without hateful words? Can't we simply say, "the Church ought to do something about this!"? Or better yet, why not send letters to the authorities in question, asking why they are not rather defending Our Lord (hopefully in respectful language, mindful of their office) than condemning those who do defend Him? Remember, the excuse for the authorities "doing nothing" is that they think this is what the people want - political correctness. Yet will they hear otherwise if Catholics are just spewing hatred at them on the internet? It isn't likely. A million respectful letters to the tune of "when are you going to bother about Our Lord's rights?" would probably get farther.
It is supremely tragic that the churchmen today seem to reprimand her priests more than the public sinners, and I am all for the laity crying out for a change in that. But I am for doing everything that we do in a spirit of charity.
I was only making the point that prayer is not "doing nothing". The clergy are also desperately in need of grace in this age of modernism and corruption, but I suspect that that grace will not come from harsh words, either. Nuns and monks are priceless in this world precisely because they are the ones doing the heavy praying and sacrificing in this world. If none of that counted or worked or amounted to anything, what would be the point of their whole lives?
God bless the priests and bishops who do stand up for Him and the truth, political correctness aside. But I am certain that words of prayer (which call down real graces) will beat unkind words in any situation.
Canolli's modernists take it too far, and say "don't say ANYTHING that could be offensive (eg. the truth, because someone will object.) I'm saying, speak the truth loud and clear, even if people are offended by that truth... but always with charity. There is a difference between "this behavior is immoral" (a truth) and "this person is a ****! They should be hung!" One is speaking the truth regardless of feelings. The other is simply uncharitable, and serves no purpose but the venting of anger.
Our age is missing holy love... not the coward's refusal to tell the truth frankly, but the sense that every soul is invaluable, and loved by God, and that our love of Him ought to move us very powerfully to treat every soul with compassion, even when we have to tell the unpleasant truth.